Metal sheet-piling.



PATENTED AUG. 22, 1905.

No. van-ms.

J, R; WILLIAMS.

METAL SHEET FILING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1905.

2 Baum-23mm 1.

\O 0 110-. O O

No. 797,786 PATENTED AUG, 22, 1905. J. R. WILLIAMS.

METAL SHEET FILING.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 6, 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHBET 2.

yam @3113 MW n r muniw. a. mum" ca Mom-Lmmnmmms. wAsmnmou u c UFHTFDSTATES JOHN R. WILLIAMS, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

METAL SHEET-FILING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 22, 1905.

Application filed May 6, 1905. serial No. 259,088.

To all 11/71/0121. it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN R. WVILLIAMs, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MetalSheet-Piling, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in metal sheet-piling; and itconsists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to produce a metal sheet-piling ofsuperior character and comprised of sections of novel form andconstruction adapting them for all the uses to which metal sheet-pilingmay be put.

Among the specific objects attained by my invention it may be mentionedgenerally that the sections of my piling may be very easily rolled, thatthey are strong, that each section is locked at advantageous points toeach adjoining section, that each section is locked at both its outerand inner sides to each adjoining section, that the sections are allalike in construction except where corners are to be formed, that thesections are each novel in form and construction, and that the wallformed of these novel sections will have two thicknesses of metal.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a top edge view of a metal sheet piling comprisingsections embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a face view, partly brokenaway, of same. Fig. 3 is a detached top edge View of one of the sectionsof the piling. Fig. 4: is a top edge view of one of the specialcorher-sections of the piling; and Fig. 5 is a top edge view of thepiling, partly broken away, with the corner-sections shown in position.

The metal sheet-piling is formed of corresponding sections 10 of theform and construction shown in Fig. 3, in which it will be seen that thesection is formed from sheet metal rolled into the novel form presentedand comprising atransversc diagonally-disposed member 11, parallellongitndinally-disposed members 12 13, extending in opposite directionsfrom the respective edges of said member 11, a flange or locking-tongue1 1 along the outer edge of the member 12, and a locking member 15,riveted to the face of the diagonal member 11 and having at one edge aflange 16, which is parallel with the member 12 and separated therefromby a reeeiving-space 17 while at its other portion the said lockingmember 15 is offset, as at 18, and bent to extend around the edge of themember 11 and along the member 13, said offset portion being separatedfrom the said members 11 13 by an angular locking receiving-space 19.

The piling shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is formed from a series of thesections 10, each being of the identical form and constructionillustrated in Fig. 3.

In the assembling of the sections 10 by driving them, as usual, thealternate sections will be oppositely disposed, as shown in Fig. 1-thatis to say, the members 12 13 of one section will face in a directionoppositely to the direction in which the like members of the nextadjacent sections will face, as shown in Fig. 1.

in utilizing the sections 10 they are driven one after another, asusual, and after one section say the left-hand one in Fig. 1has beendriven, the next section will be applied thereto and driven, the saidnext or second section having its member 13 applied against the innerface of the member 12 of the first section, with the edge of said member13 within the receiving-recess 17 of the first section and the tongue orflange 14 of the first section within the angular receiving-recess 19 ofthe second section, and the second section having thus been interlockedupon the first section said second section will be driven downwardly toposition. hen the second section has reached its position, it will, bymeans of the locking member 15 on the second section and the flange 16of the locking member 15 on the first section, become locked to thelatter, and the extended joint formed by the face-to-face contact of themember 12 of the first section with the member 13 and locking member 15of the second section will resist the passage of water through the same.After the second section has been driven the third section will then beapplied to the second section and driven to position, the third sectionin its application to the second section having the outer face of itsmember 13 placed against the inner face of the member 12 of the secondsection, with the edge of said member 13 in the receiving-recess 17 ofthe second section and the tongue 14 of the second section in theangular receiving-recess 19 of the third section, and the third sectionwhen driven home will become effectually locked to the second section.The remaining sections will be applied one after another in series anddriven to position, the relation of the first three sections beingsimply repeated throughout the extent of the piling. The lock whichprevents the separation in a lateral direction of the sections from oneanother is formed by the Walls of the angular recess 19 of one sectionand the angularly-disposed tongue 14 of the adjacent section, and oneadvantage of the construction presented is that after the first sectionhas been driven the'succeeding sections are driven with the angularreceivingrecess 19 upon the tongue 1 1, the tongue 14 being always uponthe section already driven and the angular receiving-recess 19 upon thesection to be driven, which is a matter of considerable importance,since if the section carrying the angular recess 19 were first drivenand then the section carrying the tongue 14: applied thereto and drivendownwardly through the recess 19 it would be found that the said recesswas partly filled with earth and that the tongue would have to displacesuch earth, the result being that considerable pressure would be exertedagainst the walls of the said recess 19, tending to force the lockingmember 15 outwardly from the member 11 to which it is secured and alsooutwardly from the member 13 and the tongue 1 1 at the time being driveninto said recess. In other words, in the employment of the sections ofmy invention the locking-recess, which is a vertical groove, is alwaysdriven upon the locking-tongue of the adjacent section in lieu of beingitself driven first and filled with earth and having the locking-tongueof the next section driven into it. The flange 16 forms, in effect,simply a shoulder to engage the outer edge of the member 13 of thesection applied to it, and said flange need only be just wide enough toeffectually engage such edge.

The sections 10 are, owing to their simple open outline, capable ofbeing very easily rolled from sheet metal, and since the sections whenbrought together present a piling having a double wall throughout I amenabled to utilize thinner metal than would otherwise be possible intheir formation without sacrificing the strength of the piling, thisemployment of the thinner metal facilitating the formation and handlingof the sections.

The sections 10 are each locked to each adjoining section at two points,one being at the tongue 14 and the other at the receivingrecess 17,these two locking-points holding the series of sections stifl? and firmagainst lateral strains and the look at the tongue 14; efiectuallypreventing the separation of the sections in a longitudinal direction.The

walls of the receiving-recess 17 and angular receiving-recess l9 servealso to effectually guide the sections one upon another as they aredriven to position.

In Figs. 1 and 3 I illustrate the sections 10 arranged in straightseries; but where it is necessary to turn a corner in the assembling ofthe sections I must provide a special cor ner-section, numbered 20 andillustrated in Figs. a and 5, the former showing the cornersection in adetached view, and Fig. 5 showing such corner-section in operativerelation with the adjoining sections 10. In Fig. 5 I illustrate thesections 10 on a different scale from that on which said sections areshown in Fig. l, the difference being merely in the depth of thetransverse member 11 of said sections.Referringspecificallytothecornersections 20, the said sections eachcomprise a member 21, having at its respective edges the members 22 23,the former being plain and the latter having a locking-tongue 2aextending at an angle from the outer edge of same. Upon the outer faceof the member 21 is riveted a locking member or strip 25, having at oneedge portion a flange 26 and at its other portion an offset section 27,between which and the adjacent surface of the members 21 22 is formed anangular receiving recess 28. Between the flange 26 and the adjacentsurface of the member 23 is formed a receivingrecess 29. The section 20,as shown in Fig. 4, is illustrated in corresponding position at theupper right-hand corner of Fig. 5, wherein it will be seen that theadjoining sections 10 may be without change in them successfullyinterlocked with said section 20, the tongue 14: of the upper adjacentsection 10 being within the angular recess 28 of the said cornersection20 and the tongue 24 of said section 20 being within the angularreceiving-recess 19 of the lower right-hand section 10, while the edgeof the member 13 of said last-mentioned section 10 is within thereceiving-recess 29 of said corner-section 20, and the lefthand edge ofthe member 22 of said cornersection 20 is within the receiving-recess 17of the upper adjacent section 10, whereby the three sections shown atthe right-hand side of Fig. 5 become effectually locked together. At theleft-hand side of Fig. 5 I also illustrate a corner-section 20,interlocked with adjacent sections 10, and it will be unnecessary tospecifically describe said sections in view of their correspondence withthe sections shown at the right-hand side of Fig. 5.

I do not limit my invention to all of the specific details of form andconstruction shown, because I am aware that the specific form andconstruction shown may be modified to some extent at a sacrifice of someof the advantages due to the special outline and constructionillustratedas, for example, the transverse member 11 need not stand atthe exact angle illustrated with respect to the members 12 13, wherebyobtuse angles are formed, but may stand more nearly at a right angle tosaid members 12 13. Such departure from the exact outline illustratedwould entail additional labor in rolling sections and would increase theweight of metal in a given extent of the piling.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is'

1. A metal sheetpiling composed of sections each having in one integralpiece a transverse member and members extending laterally in oppositedirections from the edges thereof and being about equal in extent, oneof said lateral members having a lockingtongue, and a locking membersecured to said transverse member and aflording, with the adjacent wallsof the section, at one end a receiving-recess and at the other end alocking receiving-recess; substantially as set forth.

2. A metal sheet-piling composed of sections each having a transversemember and parallel members extending laterally in opposite directionsfrom the edges thereof and at an angle thereto and being about equal inextent, one of said lateral members having a locking-tongue, and alocking member secured to said transverse member and affording, with theadjacent Walls of the section, at one end a receiving-recess and at theother end an angular locking receiving-recess; substantially as setforth.

3. A metal sheet'piling composed of sections each havingin one integralpiece a transverse diagonally-disposed member and members extendinglaterally in opposite directions from the edges thereof and being aboutequal in extent, one of said lateral members having a locking-tongue,and a locking member se cured to said transverse member and affording,with the adjacent walls of the section, at one end a receiving-recessand at the other end a locking receiving-recess; substantially as setforth.

1. A metal sheet-piling composed of sections each havingadiagonally-disposed transverse member and parallel members extendinglaterally in opposite directions from the edges thereof and at an anglethereto and being about equal in extent, one of said. lateral membershaving a locking-tongue, andalocking member secured to said transversemember, and affording, with the adjacent walls of the section, at oneend a receiving-recess and at the other end an angular lockingreceiving-recess; substantially as set forth.

5. A metal. sheet-piling composed of sections each having in oneintegral piece a transverse member 11 and oppositely'extending lateralmembers 12, 13, the former having a tongue 1 1, and a locking member 15secured to said transverse member and having at one end a flange 16 andat its other end being extended to and along said member 13 so as toform a locking-recess; substantially as set forth.

6. A metal sheet-piling composed of sections each having in one integralpiece a transverse member and parallel members extending laterally inopposite directions from the edges thereof and being about equal inextent, said sections being alternately faced in opposite directionswith the adjacent lateral members thereof in face-to-face contact,combined with means carried by said sections for locking them togetherin series; substantially as set forth.

7. A metal sl1eet-piling composed of sections each having in oneintegral piece a transverse diagonally-disposed member and parallelmembers extending laterally in opposite directions from the edgesthereof and at an angle thereto and being about equal in extent, saidsections being alternately faced in opposite directions with theadjacent lateral members thereof in face-to-face contact, com bined withmeans carried by said sections for locking them together in series;substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 5th day of Way, A. D. 1905.

JOHN It. /VILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

Guns. 0. GILL, ARTHUR MARION.

